Directors DiMauro and Pehme fully recognize that these supposed rebels-and Gaetz in particular-are bald-faced hypocrites who don't walk their own talk.

| Feb 2, 2021

"The Swamp" is full of insights and tasty details about how the culture of Washington operates.

| Aug 6, 2020

The Swamp is watchable and full of interesting pieces of Congressional trivia, some that I actually hadn't known previously. It's still a railroaded documentary.

| Aug 4, 2020

The documentary's most useful tactic is how it demonstrates the ways that hyper-partisanship, and hateful rhetoric on both sides, is actually serving the corrupt status quo far more effectively than any outright bribery ever could.

| Original Score: B | Aug 4, 2020

It turns out to be all talk for the most part, but it is an interesting conversation, and an intriguing, if sometimes flawed, film.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 4, 2020

"The Swamp" is watchable mainly for its willingness to hang around with the likes of 38-year-old Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and give him a fair and up-close chance to explain himself as a self-styled iconoclast.

| Aug 4, 2020

The film proves less about dredging the swamp than the filmmakers gaining the opportunity to provide a close-up view of what it's like to muck around in it, a process that offers less clarity or insight than advertised.

| Aug 3, 2020